Southern Europe

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Southern Europe

• Southern Italy, Spain, Portugal, Vatican City,
  San Marino, Greece

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Southern Europe Matching
Italy
San Marino
Vatican City
Spain
Greece
Portugal
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Physical Features

• Peninsulas
• Iberian (home to Spain and Portugal)
• Pyrenees Mountains block off peninsula from
  rest of Europe
• Italian (boot of Italy)
• Alps
• Most famous mountain chain in Europe
• Stretch across France, Italy, Germany,
  Switzerland, Austria, and the northern Balkan
  Peninsula
• Cut Italy off from rest of Europe
• Islands
• Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete

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Climates

• Western Europe
• Marine West Coast (mainly)
• Highland and Humid Subtropical
• Southern Europe
• Mainly Mediterranean
• Some Marine West Coast, Semiarid, and Humid
  Subtropical

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Southern Resources

• Majority Zinc and Coal
• Biggest variety of resources found in Spain

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Water Pollution Venice

• Industrial waste, sewage, and saltwater combine
  together and eat away the foundations of
  buildings (damage)
• Erosion is allowing large amounts of seawater
  into the lagoon
• Killer Algae decaying algae uses up all the
  oxygen which causes fish in water to die as well
  insects in water STENCH!

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ITALY

• Rich culture
• The Roman Empire
• Ruled most of the Italian Peninsula
• Grew by conquering overseas territories
• The Renaissance (rebirth) a renewed interest
  in learning (Leonardo DaVinci)

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• Landmarks
• Rome is the capital largest city
• Home to the Colosseum and other Roman ruins.

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• Southern Italy has many natural disasters ?
  Earthquakes, Volcanic Activity, Floods,
  Droughts
• Home to Mt. Vesuvius and the ancient city of
  Pompeii

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Italys Economic Problems

• Italy
• Northern region is much more developed than
  Southern region
• Why?
• North is closer to industrial nations (Germany
  France)
• South poor transportation systems
• Southern government made poor decisions when
  promoting growth

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• The island of Sicily large island on the
  southern coast of Italy
• Mt. Etna, an active volcano

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SPAIN PORTUGAL

• Together form the Iberian Peninsula
• Capital of Spain Madrid
• Capital of Portugal Lisbon

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• One of the worlds largest tourist industries
• Beaches rich culture

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• Fishing is a large part of economy
• Have a long history of sailing

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• Leading producer of cork corkboards, shoes,
  wine stoppers

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Background

• The Iberian Peninsula was ruled by the Moors (a
  Muslim people from North Africa) for over 700
  years

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• Were the most powerful European nations
  controlled sea trade during the 15th 16th
  century
• Had a huge colonial empire and was a leader in
  the spice trade.

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VATICAN CITY

• An independent state surrounded by the city of
  Rome
• Smallest country in the world (0.2sq. Miles)

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• The pope, the head of the Roman Catholic church,
  has absolute political authority within the city

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GREECE

• Agricultural products olive oil, tobacco,
  grapes, citrus fruits
• Shipping is big part of economy

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Background

• Ancient Greece vital to the development of
  Western culture
• City-state birth of democracy

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• Ancient city of Olympia site of the first
  Olympic Games

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• Ancient city of Sparta famous for its athletes
  and warriors (movie 300)

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• Capital Athens
• Home of the Acropolis with the Parthenon (one of
  the worlds most photographed and famous
  buildings)

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SAN MARINO

• San Marino was founded early in the 4th century
  by Christians escaping persecution
• One of the oldest and smallest republics /
  countries